DUI names pulled off Web

Aug. 14, 2010

Written by

BARBARA S. ROTHSCHILD
Courier-Post Staff

The police department has taken down the names of people arrested for drunken driving from its popular Facebook social networking page pending clarification of whether it is legal to post them.

The department took down the names on Thursday, just three days after beginning to post them Monday. Photos of those charged with DUI were never posted, Lt. Walt Miller said.

Miller said the names came down because DUI is a motor vehicle offense, not a criminal one in New Jersey. "We are awaiting word from the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office as to the legalities," he said. ...